(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Kamala Harris has announced initiatives to help small businesses in the US. It’s a smart — and welcome — move given…
Gene MarksSeptember 8, 2024
(This column originally appeared in The Inquirer) The Department of Labor recently reported that 17.9 million men and women are veterans of the U.S. military, with approximately 200,000 entering…
Gene MarksJune 4, 2024
(This column originally appeared in The Hill) I’ve always been skeptical of the Biden administration’s claims of being the primary reason for the explosive growth in…
Gene MarksMarch 1, 2024
(This column originally appeared in The Hill) In November and ahead of Small Business Saturday, President Biden announced that, under his administration, “there were…
Gene MarksJanuary 9, 2024
(This column originally appeared in The Hill) A recent survey shows that President Biden’s approval among small business owners is at a “new low,” with only…
Gene MarksDecember 6, 2023
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) I‘m not exactly a baby boomer, but I’m pretty darn close. The standard definition of this generation is…
Gene MarksNovember 20, 2022
(This article originally appeared in The Guardian) Recently, the Society of Human Resources Executives surveyed approximately 3,100 HR executives about the benefits their companies are…
Gene MarksJune 26, 2022
(This article originally appeared on The Hill) Do you know that Gen Z employees expect “open communications and diversity” from their employers? Yup, they do,…
Gene MarksJune 16, 2022
(This article originally appeared in The Guardian) Every small business owner I talk to has the same problem: we can’t find enough people to do…
Gene MarksJanuary 23, 2022